Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6673271089

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About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - zooming in may separate them out.

OS Map:SX 65513 72082NMR record:SX 67 SE 64HER record:6400Megalithic Portal:863PMD:Down Ridge Stone CircleShortName: SC:DownRidgeDPD page: 92Turner: G9Notes: Also known as Hexworthy Circle. "situated on a gentle north facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Dart. The stone circle measures 25 meters in diameter and is denoted by five upright granite slabs, standing up to 1.45 meters high, which are confined to its south western sector. A further six recumbent stones lie where they have fallen. The stone circle was partially excavated in 1904 by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee and their work revealed the original ground surface covered with charcoal. An associated outlying standing stone is located 85 meters south-east of the stone circle and survives as a triangular shaped block up to 0.86 meters high." [HER MDV6400]. For photos of this site, see: Megalithic Portal: Down Ridge - Stone CircleNearby sites:SX65517208Distance: 1.58km

OS Map:SX 67431 71042NMR record:SX 67 SE 72HER record:12983Megalithic Portal:1981The Stone Rows of GB:Holne MoorPMD:Holne Moor Stone RowShortName: SR:Holne MoorButler map: 60.25DPD page: 90Notes: "A standing stone and triple stone row lying in a secluded position, across the head of a shallow, north facing valley. It measures 147 metres long with rows on average 1.5 m apart. The stones, fifty three of which were located, have a maximum height of 0.2 m and are spaced about 1.1 m apart, each opposite the stone of the adjacent row. There is also a possible former standing stone which is now recumbent."Nearby sites:SX67437104Distance: 0.7km

OS Map:SX 66741 71080NMR record:SX 67 SE 60HER record:61453Megalithic Portal:27341The Stone Rows of GB:Holne RidgePMD:Holne Ridge Stone RowAlternate name: Holne Ridge North Stone RowShortName: SR:Holne RidgeButler map: 60.26DPD page: 90Notes: "One or two cairns and a short probably unfinished stone row lie in the north west facing hollow above Horse Ford on the O Brook. The cairn described by Authority 2 lies at the south end of the site with the surviving stones of the stone row to the north. As so few stones survive the exact form and extent of the rows is impossible to determine but there may have been as many as three parallel rows approximately 1.0 metre apart. Overlying or abutting the east row at SX 6672 7109 is a low turf covered mound 3.0 metes in diameter and 0.4 metres high. It is not clear whether this feature forms part of the monument or if it is associated with the shallow turf cuttings to the east."Nearby sites:SX66747108Distance: 0.01km

OS Map:SX 67526 69359NMR record:SX 66 NE 66HER record:5308Megalithic Portal:3374Alternate name: Mardle Valley 1 Embanked Cairn CircleShortName: CC:MardleButler map: 58.12.1Turner: B11Notes: Turner B11. embanked stone circle; an annular bank of earth and/or stone with an inner edge of orthostats. Much disturbed. Internal diam 6.5m with bank 1.2m wide and 0.4m high (turner). This cairn has a very interesting structure appearing to be multiple circles of stones similar to the cairns at Corringdon Ball. This structure is difficult to capture in a photograph as the stones are small and the site much disturbed.Nearby sites:SX67536936Distance: 1.9km